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Artwork of Monty Skating by Terry Chui

If you are a freestyle skater, you undoubtedly know that Monty Little is one of the key organizers of the World Freestyle Round-Up Skateboarding Championships and the Online Showdown. But what you might not know is that he just turned 75 and is one of the driving forces of skateboarding in Canada. So we thought it would be an excellent time to pay tribute to Monty and his 45 + years of service to the skateboard community, and what better way to do that than to hear firsthand from Monty himself about how skateboarding fit into his life.   Continue reading

On behalf of the Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society, we congratulate the following freestyle skaters for winning the 2021 NATIONAL TEAM AWARD. This award is given to the country whose combined efforts best represent working as a team.

Collectively they accumulated 165 points making TEAM JAPAN the winners of this year’s NATIONAL TEAM AWARD. 

Back Row: Masahiro Fujii – Tetsuji Noda – Isamu Yamamoto – Hidemi Oishi – Noboru Miyahata – Kumataka Rikuo – Kouta Sawaki – Daisuke Murakawa 

Next Row: Yuta Fujii – Koki Hosokawa – Hitomi Komatsu – Risa Matsui – Misato Komatsu – Ikkei Nagao – Sara Minami – Kanata Hayakawa 

Next Row: Nozomi Shimizu – Ruka Mitsui – Jotaro Oba – Kai Tonabe – Riina Sekiguchi – Yuri Nagahisa – Ryuto Toukairin

Front Row: Ichinoshin Suzuki – Mona Konda – Takaya Sato – Kaho Kobayakawa – Yuzuki Kawasaki – Kokoa Minami – Shotaro Oba – 

We would also like to congratulate Team Brazil for coming in 2nd Place with 54 points, and Team USA for coming in 3rd Place with 39 points. 

The Henry Candioti SKATE4FUN Award is presented each year to the freestyle skater who best embodies “skating with style.” Past recipients of this prestigious award include;

Takashi Suzuki – from Japan
Stefan Albert – from Germany
Andy Anderson – from Canada
Mike Osterman – from the United States
Shen Meng – from China
Cristobal Bahamonde – from Chile
And Josh Dunstone – from Australia

This year’s recipient Of the SKATE4FUN AWARD is a first-time competitor to the World Round-Up. It’s not always about the technicality of tricks but how a freestyle skater flows through them. This skater is the definition of a smooth and stylish freestyle skater. Congratulations to Riina Sekiguchi from Yokohama Japan.

To watch the video presentation of this award, click here.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeGEQ5nwuRc

Congratulations, Isamu, on winning the Pro Division at the World Round-Up 2021 Online Showdown. Your creativity and dedication to mastering your craft are truly inspirational. You are a credit to your country and the ever growing Japanese freestyle community. A BIG THANK YOU to Allwest Insurance and GroupSimple, who sponsored the Online Showdown Medals.

Congratulations to all of the above skaters who competed in the Pro Division of the World Round-Up 2021 Online Showdown. Your years of dedication to mastering your craft is an inspiration to all of us.

Congratulations, Charles, on winning the Sponsored Am Division at the World Round-Up 2021 Online Showdown. You are truly an inspiration to Brazilian Skaters and skaters everywhere. A BIG THANK YOU to Allwest Insurance and GroupSimple, who sponsored the Online Showdown Medals.

Congratulations to all of the above skaters who competed in the Sponsored Am Division of the World Round-Up 2021 Online Showdown. You truly represent the Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Freestyle.

Each year we recognize those skates who devote their lives to mentor and help promote freestyle skateboarding, thus becoming ambassadors of our sport. Past recipients of this award include: Lillis Akesson, AJ Kohn, Russ Howell, Masahiro and Toshiaki Fujii, Christian Heise and Dr. Skateboard Bill Robertson.

On behalf of Lyle Chippeway, we are honoured to present the Ambassadors of Freestyle Award this year to Alexandre “Brownzinho” Mendes from Brazil. Congratulation Brownzinho for your important role in helping to shape the Brazilian Freestyle Scene. To watch the video presentation of this award click here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBcnVYsGCdE

Congratulations, Bruce Carey Noe, on winning the Amateur Division at the World Round-Up 2021 Online Showdown. You are truly an inspiration to your country and skaters everywhere. A BIG THANK YOU to Allwest Insurance and GroupSimple, who sponsored the Online Showdown Medals.